| Artist | Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
| Title | "Ulmil Pavilion, Pyongyang" |
| Date | 1939 (block-set's date) "First Edition" 2018 printing Limited Edition (#18/80) PLUS "Key-block" as SET |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps servicewoman Verna Woodrich stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947. |
| Series | "Korean Prints" (Hasui 1939) |
| Publisher | Ukiyoe-Gallery (printed in Japan) |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | unknown / Atushi Kawai |
| Image Size | 4 1/2 x 7 ("koban") 6 x 8 1/2 overall |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading;
highly detailed carving, crisp lines. Printing of 12-14 impressions required Japanese paper produced by Ichibei Iwano, a Living National Treasure. |
| Condition | Excellent. Strong colors. |
| Reference/Illus | Not (yet) in Hotei's 600-page "Complete Hasui" reference. Beyond 2 "trial-prints" we've discovered, this block-set was never published 1939-47 -- "sleeping" the past 79 years. |
| Comments | Beautiful mountain temple snowscene from Hasui's 1939 trip to Korea. Never previously seen -- this First/Limited Edition 2018 printing is an Ukiyoe-Gallery exclusive. |
| Item # | Available Now: SF-01 #18/80 PLUS "Key-block" as SET SF-01BK #11 Sold/LA/UG7; SF-01 #AP+K Sold/CT |
| Price | $POR THIS "Blue-sky" version PLUS "Key-block" as SET ("Grey-sky" coming soon) ("Sepia-sky" coming 2019) |
